Why does everyone think this is a medical emergency. Just because a medevac helicopter is being flown doesn’t mean they’re transporting wounded personnel. 80% (or more) of the time it’s just new pilots getting training hours in.
Yeah, as this is likely stateside, the odds that this is a training flight and/or PR/demo op for an organization etc is very high. Maybe a school, or could be landing early to set up for a static display for a county carnival or whatever.
I was at eight sands NM when a Apache landed after a fire mission he was doing an engine out maneuver if you just turn your back to the sand it’s almost like it isn’t there
That's why there's a crew chief looking back at the tailwheel saying "Tail's clear, 10 feet 5 feet 3 feet two feet one foot tail's down, two feet one foot, main's down", silly rabbit. If your post was even remotely funny I'd have left you alone.
They use the pylons for extra fuel, from CEF tanks. Guaranteed this aircrew just did some form of long haul before this video was taken, though it was probably not deemed important to take them off just yet. The aircraft are heavy as hell with MED interiors installed, so this is likely a training flight
Funny you say that. When you call for a medivac in the Army, their callsign is usually Dustoff. (Ex. Dustoff this is Whiskey31 requisting 9 line medivac. How copy, over..)
We had training with them when I worked EMS. It was more for fun then anything else. There was some good cross training of how they did things verse how our paramedics did things. Certain things they were better equipped for but their flight paramedics where well trained. It also helped we had a former military flight medic working for us too.
Yeah, filling out the AMR to do the training is wild, where you at if you don’t mind me asking? General location like a state would work, I’m Army Medevac operations, our platoon kinda wants to train with our newer medics so I am considering spinning the idea to my platoon leader of working on that
I remember back in highschool that the air force or the army would fly one of the ch47 Chinook helicopters and they would then land on one of our schools practices football Fields and they would let you climb inside of the chopper and it was pretty cool
Trust me, those weapons pylons are for CEF tanks, extra fuel, I only say this because some commander somewhere would be in jail if weapons were mounted to those Also the community is so small I’m pretty sure we’d hear about it
I live in Canada and we have these heavy duty orange ambulance helicopters that are called if there is something serious or the injured is too far away to drive. The sound of the propellers is unreal and when we hear it we feel sad as we know something bad has happened and pray they get them to the hospital in time
Ornge air fly AW-139s and S-76s and are pretty much only in Ontario the rest of the Provnces have their own Helimed system out here in BC it’s mostly S-76s and Bell 412s and the military operate CH-149s for civilian rescue
So just because somebody is hurt he has no right to admire a engineering marvel and a crazy helicopter that most people never see in their lifetime ? be quiet
Real medevacs in country is MUCH FASTER than this. Those mf come into site and are landed in less than 25 seconds. They come in sideways. Max throttle and set it down. Wildest thing I've ever seen.
Where is he based out of?? Im trying to get my commercial license but there are no decent instructors left in the city I live in. my Dad was an ER Doc and was the lead flight physician for med flight out of Madison WI. I've wanted to be the one flying those helicopters and saving lives for so long but I took a different path with my career. Thanks to Covid I realized that was what I needed to go chase whether it comes easy or not. ( spoiler it has NOT come easy lol.. But finding a good instructor would 100% put me on the right path!)
Best instructors for Blackhawks would be the US Army, of course. The UH-60 is NOT a civilian legal aircraft, in general terms. The US Border Patrol does fly them, with an exemption license from the US Gov't. Realistically speaking, if you can go to college still, then maybe you can enroll in the Cadet program, and from there put in a Warrant Flight Officer packet. Either Marines or Army, it would be your best path to having the military train you as a helicopter flight officer, which will give you the best training and experience in the world. GL!!
Army medevac here. Most training installations have medevac coverage though the hours seem to vary. I pull 24/7 ops, rain, hail, sleet, or snow….. or sandstorm. Were have select launch criteria and if we can’t launch shiz gets weird, but your best bet as a civ is to hunt someone down IRL and get them to give you a pilot to contact, pilots are fun to pick the brains of about things anyways
Mobile Task Force Unit Epsilon-11 designated Echo-7 has entered the facility. All remaining personnel are advised to proceed with standard evacuation protocols until an MTF Squad reaches your destination. Substantial threat to safety still remains in the facility -- Exercise Caution
